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Patented Oct. I, l90l.

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SHIPS LIGHT 0R WINDOW.

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T. UTLEY.

SHIPS LIGHT OR'WINDOW.

(Application filed May 6, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS UTLEY, or LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

SHIPS LIGHT OR WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,818, dated October 1, 1901. Application filed May 6, 1901. Serial No. 58,961. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS UTLEY, mannfacturer of ships lights and ventilators, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Sefton House, Crosby Green, West Derby, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ships Lights or Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture J of ships lights or windows, and has for its object a double rectangular light or window having its members so constructed and arranged that they open outwardly and that either an inlet or an outlet Ventilation can be obtained in whichever direction the wind is blowing.

According to my invention I hinge the glass-holders of the light to a deck-house or other required part of the ship in such manner that they are adapted to open outwardly and to close against a centrally-disposed piece or strip. Each glass-holder is provided with an internal flange which presses against any suitable packing, such as rubber, held in grooves in the said central strip and in the frame of the window or light. The glassholders are provided on the inside with hinged screw-bolts adapted to engage forked lugs carried by the central strip and carrying nuts or handles. These nuts or handles are provided with broad bases which bear upon the forked lugs, so that by screwing up said nuts or handles the flanges on the glass-holders may be tightly closed against the rubber or other packing.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an inside elevation, and Fig. 2 is an outside elevation, of the light or window. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the central strip or piece. Fig. 4. is a section on line A B, Fig. 1.

a is a portion of the deck-house or other part of the ship in which the light is inserted.

b and c are the glass-holders hinged at d and e to the frame f and adapted to close against a central vertical strip or piece g. The glass-holders are provided with inwardlyprojecting flanges h h. The frame f and central piece 9 are provided with grooves '6, containing rubber or other suitable packing j, against which the flanges h of the glass-holders b and 0 press when the lights are closed.

k 70 are the screw-bolts hinged to the glassholders 1) c and adapted to engage forked lugs Z Z, carried by the central strip or piece g when the glass-holders are closed.

m m are the nuts or handles carried by the bolts 1:; k and the bases of which bear upon the lugs Z Z, so that when the said nuts or handles are screwed up the flanges h of the glass-holders are pressed against the packing After loosening the screws 'm m and then turning the screw-bolts k on their hinges, so as to release them from the lugs Z, either one or the other of the glass holders may be opened outwardly and an inlet or outlet ventilation thus secured in whichever direction the wind is blowing.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a frame to which the glass-holders are hinged, centrally-arranged fastenings securing the glass-holders when closed, and means for rendering the joint between the frame and the glass-holders fluid-tight when the said glass-holders are closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a frame to which the glass-holders are hinged, centrally-arranged fastenings for securing the glass-holders when closed, internal flanges carried by the glass-holders, and means carried by the frame for cooperating with said flanges to form a fluid-tight joint, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a grooved frame to which said glassholders are hinged, centrally-arranged fastenings for securing the glass-holders when closed, internal flanges carried by the glassholders, and resilient packing carried by the grooves in the frame and adapted to cooperate with the flanges on the glass-holders, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4.. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a frame to which said glass-holders are hinged, a centrally-arranged vertical strip to slotted lugs carried by said strip, bolts carried by the glass-holders for cooperatin g with said lugs to secure the glass-holders when closed, and means for forming a fluid-tight joint between the frame and glass-holders when closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a frame to which said glass-holders are hinged, a centrally-arran ged vertical strip secured to said frame, slotted lugs carried by said strip, screw-bolts hinged to the glassholders and adapted to be passed into and out of the slots in said lugs, nuts or handles carried by said screw-bolts and adapted to bear on the lugs when screwed up, and means for forming a fluid-tight joint between the frame and the glass-holders when closed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a ships light or window, the combination of a pair of rectangular glass-holders adapted to open outwardly in a horizontal plane, a grooved frame to which said glass holders are hinged, a centrally-arranged Vet' tical grooved strip secured to said frame, slot ted lugs carried by said strip, screw-bolts hinged to the glass-holders and adapted to pass into and out of the slots in said lugs, nutsor handles carried by said screw-bolts and adapted to bear on the lugs when screwed up, internal flanges carried by the glassholders, and resilient packing carried by the grooves in the frame and vertical strip for cooperating with the flanges on the glass-holders, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set THOMAS UTLEY.

Witnesses:

J. GRAHAM KENION, CHARLES SCOTT SALE. 

